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Guadeloupe Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 427   Population 2000 (UN '000) 428
Area (km2) 1,751   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 8
Number of Administrative Units 31   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 14
Number of Urban Extents 4   Number of Settlement Points 33

Guadeloupe Details

Names
ISO3-Code GLP
Continent North America
Country Name Guadeloupe
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Islands
Level2 Type Commune
Number of Units 31
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 14
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1999
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 387
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 405
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 427
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 391
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 409
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 428
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 1,751
Average Input Resolution (km) 8
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 33
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 63,104
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,244
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 12,840
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 4
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 574
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 20
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 294
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,178
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 193,150
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,440
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 98,940
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 395,758
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 67%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 92%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 100%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 9
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
1999 Commune population data from Recensement (INSEE) 1999, www.insee.fr . 1990 Commune population data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE): http://www.insee.fr/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
National boundaries via Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Commune boundaries were digitized based on a map downloaded from Petit Atlas de France, La France. Departement de la Guadeloupe, http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/france/fr/geo/atlas/atlas23.html .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more.
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